As Director, As Writer
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
7.3
Christopher McQuarrie
Acting
Birth Date
October 25, 1968
Place of Birth
Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film The Usual Suspects (1995). He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun (2000). McQuarrie is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), as well as four instalments of the Mission: Impossible film series: Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), Dead Reckoning (2023), and The Final Reckoning (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the Cruise films Valkyrie (2008), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Mummy (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), the last of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Christopher McQuarrie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
7.5
As Writer
Top Gun: Maverick
2022
8.2
As Director, As Writer
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
7.4
As Writer
The Mummy
2017
5.5
As Director, As Writer
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015
7.2
As Writer
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
7.6
As Actor
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013
7.7
As Writer
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Jack Reacher
2012
6.6
As Writer
The Tourist
2010
6.2
As Writer
Valkyrie
2008
7.0
As Actor
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
7.1
As Actor
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
2002
7.0
As Director, As Writer
The Way of the Gun
2000
6.3
As Writer
The Usual Suspects
1995
8.2
As Writer
Public Access
1993
5.8